Midday Report

Some large migratory whales might stop passing through New Zealand's warming coastal waters, because there'll be less food - like phytoplankton - available.

But tropical and subtropical marine mammals might take their place -- increasing competition for the dwindling food supplies.

Marine scientist Jim Roberts from Anemone consultants co-authored a report for the Department of Conservation on how climate change might affect our marine mammals.

Dr Roberts spoke to Māni Dunlop about what the future might hold.

The parents of a Christchurch-born man shot dead by the police in the US state of Colorado have made an emotional plea for the officers involved to be charged.

Christian Glass was shot five times after calling for help when his car got stuck in Silver Plume near Denver in June.

RNZ reporter Jean Edwards spoke to Māni Dunlop.

News from the rural farming sector

Midday sports News for 16 September 2022 The All Blacks coach Ian Foster fears midfielder Quinn Tupaea has suffered a season ending knee injury, after being forced in last night's 39-37 win over the Wallabies in Melbourne.

News from the business sector

There's a division among New Zealanders in London about the grandness of everything surrounding the Queen's death. While some are royalists - getting into the thick of things, others don't really care and it's all just existing around them as life goes on. RNZ reporter Jake McKee has the story.

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei is calling for Aucklanders to recognise the 18th of September 1840 as the city's true founding day.

Chief Apihai Te Kawau allocated land to the Crown to establish the city 183 years ago. 

The iwi is holding public commemorations around the city this Sunday morning.

Auckland's current anniversary date in January marks the day Governor Hobson dropped anchor in Kororareka-Russell. 

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust chair Marama Royal told Māni Dunlop she thinks Aucklanders will be open to changing the day to a more fitting date for the city.

Students - some of them in tears of shock - fled their school bus after it crashed through a steel barrier on an overbridge, and was left dangling high above a motorway this morning.

The incident happened around 8am on Eden Terrace in Auckland. 

One person was taken to hospital with minor injuries. 

RNZ reporter Mohammad Alafeshat spoke to Māni Dunlop.

The reo Māori force is strong this week, during te wiki o te reo Māori.

Self-confessed nerd and sci-fi lover Green MP Te Anau Tuiono has been taking to social media to share some not so common translations.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that an off-duty officer was not justified in punching a 14-year teenage boy for stealing cigarettes from his home.

It says the officer then found the teenager in a park, punching him twice in the face, causing him to fall to the ground and possibly fracturing the boy's eye socket.

The officer was charged with injuring with intent to injure, but juries at two trials in 2020 and 2021 could not reach a verdict and the charge was dismissed.

The police say they accept the findings and the officer is no longer serving in the force.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority's investigation manager Emma Bunny spoke to Māni Dunlop.